Medical Definition of Gomori's chrome alum haematoxylin-phloxine stain
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A technique used to demonstrate cytoplasmic granules, after Bouin's or formalin-Zenker fixatives, using oxidised haematoxylin plus phloxine; in the pancreas, beta cells are blue, alpha and delta cells are red, and zymogen granules are red to unstained; in the pituitary, alpha cells are pink, beta cells and chromophobes are gray-blue, and nuclei are purple to blue.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gomori's Chrome Alum Haematoxylin-phloxine Stain
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